According to information from Filenews, there were four people in the vehicle involved and not three, as the Police had initially been informed. The same information states that two of the occupants, foreigners from Syria, returned to the scene of the accident about an hour after the incident, where they remained there. They were then taken to the offices of the Limassol Traffic Police for interrogation. The fourth person in the vehicle (except the driver) was also identified, who was also called to testify.
The two occupants claimed during interrogation that they temporarily removed from the scene in order to locate the driver of the same nationality and bring him back to the scene of the accident.
18-year-old wanted from Syria – He had no permit or security
An arrest warrant was issued against the driver and is being sought. This is 18-year-old Mahmoud Alhaj Ali, from Syria, against whom a court warrant has been issued, for the purposes of investigating a case, causing death by negligence, abandoning an accident scene, and other traffic offenses.
Anyone who knows anything that can help locate him is kindly requested to contact the Limassol Traffic Police at 25-805252 or the Citizen's Line, at 1460, or the nearest Police Station.
It should be noted that the Limassol Traffic Police also utilizes material from the closed circuits surveillance in the area.
In statements to the media, the driver, who gave priority to pedestrian and was an eyewitness, said: "I noticed the woman who was attempting to cross, and I slowed down because she was in the middle of the road. Then, from the left side, I heard a loud noise from a distance. A car that was coming at high speed hit her and ejected her."
The woman, as he described, fell on the road. "We parked and went to help."
Another eyewitness reported that the occupants of the vehicle approached the victim and immediately left the scene.
